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33-919: New Market may refer to: Bangladesh [ edit ] New Market, Dhaka New Market, Khulna, in Sonadanga Model Thana New Market, Chittagong, near Government City College, Chittagong India [ edit ] New Market, Bhopal New Market, Kolkata Jamaica [ edit ] New Market, Jamaica United States [ edit ] New Market, Alabama New Market, Delaware New Market, Indiana New Market, Clark County, Indiana New Market, Iowa New Market, Kentucky New Market, Maryland New Market, Minnesota New Market, Missouri New Market, Hunterdon County, New Jersey New Market, Middlesex County, New Jersey New Market, Ohio New Market (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) , listed on

66-417: A collection of over 30,000 manuscripts in other languages and a large number of microfilms, microfiche, and CDs. It subscribes to over 300 foreign journals. The Dhaka University Library comprises three buildings: The administrative building, the main library building, and the science library building. The administrative building has administrative offices, a book acquisition section, a book processing section,

99-664: A reprographic section, a bookbinding section, a manuscript section, and a seminar section. Besides the Faculty of Business Studies of the university has an E-Library which is the largest in the Asia of its kind. This advanced level E-Library is connected with 35 internationally renowned libraries and publication houses in the world. Teachers, students, and researchers can read all journals, books research papers, and articles of these leading libraries, including Dhaka University, Oxford University , and Cambridge University libraries, by using

132-763: Is a public research university located in Dhaka , Bangladesh. Established in 1921, it is the oldest active university in Bangladesh. The university was founded in 1921 under the Dacca University Act 1920 of the Indian Legislative Council . Nawab Bahadur Sir Khwaja Salimullah , who pioneered the university in Dhaka, donated 600 acres of land from his estate for this purpose. It is modeled after British Universities . Currently it

165-531: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages New Market, Dhaka The market was set up 1954 as a shopping complex, to cater to the needs of the people from the residential areas of University of Dhaka , Azimpur , Ramna and Dhanmondi . Construction began in 1952, on 35 acres of land during the tenure of Nurul Amin as the Chief Minister of East Bengal . Construction ended in 1954. Today

198-653: Is the largest public research university in Bangladesh, with a student body of 46,150 and a faculty of 1,992. It has made significant contributions to the modern history of Bangladesh. After the Partition of India , it became the focal point of progressive and democratic movements in Pakistan. Its students and teachers played a central role in the rise of Bengali nationalism and the independence of Bangladesh in 1971. Notable alumni include Physicist Satyendra Nath Bose , known for Bose–Einstein statistics and

231-494: Is the official students' union of the University of Dhaka. It is better known in Bangladesh as DUCSU. It exists to represent Dhaka University students in the university's decision-making, to act as the voice for students in the national higher education policy debate, and to provide direct services to the student body. It was established in the academic year of 1922–23 as Dhaka University Student Union. Its first constitution

264-497: Is the official stadium of the University of Dhaka. It hosts many inter-collegiate and intra-collegiate sports tournaments at inter-city and national levels. Directorate organizes and conducts inter-departmental and inter-hall tournaments, individual hall athletics, Dhaka University athletics, and inter-university games and sports. Students participate in national championships in games and sports for which prior training and coaching are offered. Dhaka University Central Students' Union

297-471: The Department of Sociology. The Faculty of Business Studies has a modern food court for its students. The university consists of 13 Faculties and 83 Departments. The Faculty of Business Studies (FBS) was established in 1970 as a Faculty of Commerce. It started the journey with two departments- the Department of Accounting and the Department of Management. Two more departments were created in 1974 and

330-537: The E-Library facilities. This e-library was built in collaboration with Robi Axiata Limited in August 2015. It can accommodate around 1400 students altogether. The 12,000 square feet library has three sections: a computer section, a silent zone, and a discussion zone. Some 7,000 students and 208 teachers of the faculty are being directly benefited from the facility. The Medical Center of the University of Dhaka, near

363-596: The Faculty of Business Studies. Muhammad Abdul Moyeen became the acting dean of the Faculty of Business Studies in May 2020. Currently, there are nearly 153 teachers, 10 officers, 58 employees, and nearly 6100 students under the faculty and the departments are as follows. The University of Dhaka organizes sports and other extracurricular and recreational activities. The office of the Director of physical education provides three types of programs: University of Dhaka ground

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396-489: The Muslim majority Eastern Bengal and Assam as a separate province, with Dhaka as its capital. All India Muslim League , newly formed in Dhaka, wholeheartedly supported the move. However, the partition was abolished in 1911 due to severe opposition from Indian National Congress and Bengali Hindus. Deeply hurt by the decision of annulment of Bengal partition, a Muslim delegation led by Nawabb Sir Khwaja Salimullah Bahadur ,

429-1049: The NRHP New Market, Pennsylvania New Market (Greeleyville, South Carolina) , listed on the NRHP New Market, Tennessee New Market, Virginia New Market, Washington, a settlement now called Tumwater, Washington New Market Historic District (disambiguation) , a list of places on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) New Market Presbyterian Church (disambiguation) New Market Township (disambiguation) See also [ edit ] Neumarkt (disambiguation) , places in German-speaking areas Newmarket (disambiguation) Nieuwmarkt , square in Amsterdam, Netherlands Novi Pazar (disambiguation) , places in South Slavic countries [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

462-513: The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2015 – English Language & Literature, only two South Asian universities, including the University of Dhaka (ranking 251–300), were found in the rankings. The first vice-chancellor of the university was Philip Hartog . There have been 30 vice chancellors of Dhaka University. The current one is Niaz Ahmed Khan . The mentioned government 7 colleges have been affiliated with

495-560: The Science Annex Building, offers free medical services and free pathological examinations to students, teachers, and staff and also family members of the teachers and staff. The center provides service round the clock, seven days a week, with 30 doctors working in shifts. The center has a dental unit, an eye unit, an X-ray department, and two ambulances. There are cafeterias on campus, some of which hold historical and architectural interest. In 1971 Pakistani soldiers killed

528-401: The University of Dhaka 37th in 1999 and 64th (overall and multi-disciplinary category) out of 77 ranked universities in 2000. In 2000, the university got a comparatively higher rank in student selectivity (23rd) while got a lower ranking in academic reputation (74th), faculty resources (59th), research (65th), and financial resources (74) categories. According to the subject-wise ranking by

561-403: The authority introduced the semester system from the 1977–1978 session. The names of B.Com and M.Com degrees were changed to BBA and MBA respectively during the 1994–95 sessions. Following its re-branding as Faculty of Business Studies, four other departments were added to this Faculty over the course of next thirteen years. In 1995, the Faculty of Commerce took its current name and became

594-480: The country. However, the university again started after the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina amidst mass uprising . There are 23 residence halls for the students and dormitories for the teachers as well as for the officials of the university. The University Library, housed in three separate buildings, is the biggest in Bangladesh. The library holds a collection of more than 617,000 volumes, including bound volumes of periodicals. In addition, it has

627-409: The market has multiple buildings as well as sidewalk vendors. New Market Copy area is triangular in shape with high arched entry gates on three sides. There were spaces for 440 shops and a triangular lawn at the center. The total area was 35 acres (140,000 m ) of land. During the 1950s to early 1990s, it was the most popular place for shopping as well as recreation. Novelty , an ice-cream shop,

660-608: The owner of the Madhur Canteen . The Teacher-Student Centre, University of Dhaka of the university has its cafeteria while another cafeteria stands on the Dhaka University Snacks (DUS) chattar. Another one, the Science cafeteria was situated behind Curzon Hall, but currently, it has been broken down to construct a new 20-story building. There is also another snack and lunch place named DU Hut in front of

693-428: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_Market&oldid=1192452958 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

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726-589: The students joining and protesting against the Pakistan Government . Later several students were killed where the Shaheed Minar stands today. After the incident, Bengali was restored as the official language. The Dacca University Order, 1973, President's Order No. 11 of 1973, reconstitute and reorganized the University of Dhaka to improve the teaching and research provided and the administration after 1971 Independence war. Throughout this order,

759-403: The then Nawab of Dhaka demanded a university be set up in Dhaka. To appease the majority Muslim masses of East Bengal , Lord Curzon agreed and declared that a university as a center of excellence would be established in Dhaka. Nawab Sir Salimullah, who pioneered the university in Dhaka, donated 600 acres of land from his estate for this purpose. In 1913, public opinion was invented before

792-478: The theory of Bose–Einstein condensate , Muhammad Yunus , winner 2006 Nobel Peace Prize and pioneer of microcredit , Muhammad Shahidullah , Natyaguru Nurul Momen , pioneer of Cultural & theatric activities of the university (he was both a student and later a teacher of DU), Serajul Islam Choudhury , Physicist Mohammad Ataul Karim , 20th-century Bengali poet Buddhadeb Bose and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman , country's founding president. Before Dhaka University

825-556: The university awarded honorary doctorate degrees to Jagadish Chandra Bose , Jadunath Sarkar , Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay , Allama Iqbal and Rabindranath Tagore . The university played a significant role in the Bengali Language Movement when Bengalis joined to fight against Urdu being the sole official language in East Pakistan . Dhaka University was the main place where the movement started with

858-586: The university scheme was given its final shape. The secretary of state approved it in December 1913. The first vice-chancellor of the university, Philip Joseph Hartog , formerly academic registrar of the University of London for 17 years was appointed. Established in 1921 under the Dacca University Act 1920 of the Indian Legislative Council , it is modeled after British universities. Lord Ronaldshay , Governor of Bengal between 1917 and 1922,

891-477: The word Dhaka was substituted for the word Dacca by section 2 of the University Laws (Amendment) Act, 1987 (Act No. XXXVI of 1987). On 18 July 2024, authorities at the premier Dhaka University announced an indefinite closure of the institution after protests demanding reforms in the quota system in government jobs turned violent and left at least six people, including three students, dead across

924-516: The world, DU was placed at 551. In 2014–15, the University of Dhaka was ranked 701 by QS World University Rankings (formerly Times Higher Education–QS World University Rankings ). In 2015–16, Times Higher Education partnering with Elsevier ranked the university at 654th position among top 800 globally reputed universities. In September 2015, QS World University Rankings published their 2015 edition of World University Rankings of 2015/16 and ranked DU at 126th position in Asia and 701–750 position in

957-432: The world. In Times Higher Education 2018 Global University Ranking, University of Dhaka is placed in 1001+ position among the world universities. In 2016–17, the University of Dhaka was ranked 109 by QS Asian University Rankings in Asia. Times Higher Education ranked the University of Dhaka at 191–200 position in the 2016 Asia University ranking. In the best Asian (and Australian) universities ranking, AsiaWeek ranked

990-446: Was drafted in its general assembly on 30 October 1925. In 1953, its constitution was amended and the union was renamed Dhaka University Central Students' Union. In 2019, the last DUCSU election took place after 29 years. Since then DUCSU is working for the betterment of the students. In 2011–12, the University of Dhaka made it into the list of 'Top World Universities' by QS World University Rankings. Out of over 30,000 universities around

1023-468: Was established, near its grounds were the former buildings of Dhaka College affiliated to the University of Calcutta . In 1873 the college was relocated to Bahadur Shah Park . Later it shifted to Curzon Hall, which would become the first institute of the university. The establishment of the university was compensation for the annulment of the 1905 Partition of Bengal . The partition had established

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1056-619: Was its first chancellor. He designated Nawaab Syed Shamsul Huda a life member of the university. On Huda's recommendation, Lord Ronaldshay appointed Ahmad Fazlur Rahman as a provost. Academic activities started on 1 July 1921 with 847 students along with 3 faculties: Arts, Science and Law; 12 departments: Sanskrit and Bengali , English , Education, History , Arabic and Islamic Studies , Persian and Urdu , Philosophy , Economics and Politics , Physics , Chemistry , Mathematics , and Law ; and 3 dormitories for students: Salimullah Muslim Hall, Dacca Hall and Jagannath Hall . In 1936,

1089-750: Was one of the most popular destinations of the young people. During the 1980s, 3 more New Market blocks were constructed on the north under Dhaka City Corporation, for example, New Super Market for crockeries, Bonolata for kitchen market, Chandrima and Gausia market for varieties of items and D block for groceries, each having over thousand shops. A park inside has been converted into a mosque at first floor level with sixty new shops under it. 23°44′00″N 90°23′02″E  /  23.7333°N 90.3839°E  / 23.7333; 90.3839 University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka ( Bengali : ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় , romanized :  Ḍhākā Biśbôbidyālôẏ ) also known as Dhaka University or DU

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